Courses
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Markets and Market Failures
This course introduces economics to students who have had little previous exposure to the subject. Basic tools are covered, including supply, demand, and market equilibrium;…
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Real Estate Finance and Development
This course is intended to give students the training they need to engage in real estate investment and development, both private and public. No prior…
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Planning and Environmental Law
This course examines how land use and environmental laws in the United States shape our cities and landscapes. Such laws raise important questions: What is…
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Policy-Making in Urban Settings
Jointly-offered with the Kennedy School of Government (HUT 100), this course reviews policy-making in American cities, focusing on differing economic, demographic, institutional and political settings.
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Transportation Planning and Development
Access and mobility are essential elements of an urban plan. Transportation strategies directly impact and interact with land-use planning, zoning, economic development, and urban design.
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Social Texts and Polemical Cities
This seminar examines the way representations of society and culture areembodied in social texts and their relation to the design of alternativeurban spaces and places;…
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Design, Law, Policy
Prerequisites: GSD 5201, GSD 5206, or equivalent background.Law has a powerful imprint on the design of the built environment. As much as technological innovation, market…
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Urban Projects and the Development Approval Process
Course Description and Objectives:Large-scale development projects in American cities typically require a series of approvals from municipal, state and occasionally federal boards and agencies. These…
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Political Economy of Urbanization
Over the last two decades or so, cities have been undergoing a drastic process of restructuring. An ever-growing number of terms – urban villages, edge…
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Affordable Housing and Community Development: The Role of Design
Description: The current process for the production of affordable housing in the US will be generally reviewed, with an emphasis on how urban design and…
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The Politics of Urban Development
Provides an overview on how large US cities and metropolitan areas makedecisions about both public investments (in facilities such as roads,transit systems, airports, stadiums, and…
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Site Ecology and Plant Communities
Gary R. Hilderbrand, Robert France
This course focuses on the principles of ecosystem, community, and population ecology as applied to the analysis of vegetation, wildlife, soil, water, and microclimate of…
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Fundamentals of Landscape Technology
This course introduces processes and methods of site construction, land measurement, property description, surveying, grading and earthwork. Lectures, readings, and assignments undertake the representation, manipulation,…
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Introduction to Building Technologies
Michelle Addington, Marco Steinberg, Daniel Schodek, Kimo Griggs
This course introduces the basic materials and methods used in building construction through a weekly lecture and related hands-on workshop. Material qualities are described in…
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Analysis and Design of Building Structures I
This course introduces students to the analysis and design of structural elements. Loads on structures are considered first; subsequent sessions cover the fundamental principles of…
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Building Technology
As the final component in the required sequence of technology courses in the MArch I program, this professionally oriented course develops an integral understanding of…
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Plants, Vegetation and Microclimate
This course emphasizes the identification of prominent plants in the natural communities of New England. It also highlights major characteristics of the vegetation, and introduces…
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Landscape Ecology
This course examines the structure, functioning, and change of a mosaic of ecological systems, such as forests, wetlands, fields, corridors, and villages. Focus is on…
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Structural Systems in Buildings
This course covers the organization and design of building structures as components of total building systems. It addresses both traditional and industrialized structural systems, planning…
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Site Planning
This course provides an introduction to the theories, principles, and methods of site planning and land design practices. Through case studies based upon landscape archetypes,…
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Computer Aided Design & Manufacturing
Intended for advanced students, this course responds to recent developments in the field of computer-aided manufacturing and design (CAD/CAM) that have strongly affected design and…
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Visualizing Open Space (cancelled)
Prerequisites: GSD 2107, GSD2306, or permission of instructor. Proficiency with computing and willingness to adventure.This course examines the special problems and opportunities involved in creating…
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Watershed and Watershed Management Planning and Design
This course concentrates on how different land processes (natura) and activities (anthropogenic) affect aquatic systems.Part 1 is based on empirical cross-system comparisons to examine patterns…
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Environment and Energy Implications: The Discrete System
Energy and environmental considerations for buildings have typically been in the form of prescription: material specifications and/or design guidelines. These prescriptions not only limit the…
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Shells, Tensile Structures and Kinetic Systems
The integration of shells, tensile structures and kinetic systems into architectural projects requires specialized design, construction and material knowledge in order to enable a meaningful…
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Land Reclamation and Technologies
This seminar provides an in-depth study of the technologies and tools of environmental cleanup and reclamation used to remediate and regenerate polluted and impaired sites.
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Sustainable Landscape
This seminar-format course will examine the issues that influence the process of landscape growth and development over time, focusing especially on the dynamic nature of…
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Fundamentals of GIS
Picking up where GSD 2108 M-1 leaves off, this second module course is for students who want to extend their understanding and mastery of the…
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Development of Professional Practice
This course examines the continuum of practice types and approaches, from ideas-based/design-led to market-based/business-led; as well as the mission, role, and possibilities for professionals in…
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Internet and Architecture
Emerging information infrastructures are challenging how traditional architectural space is perceived, used and produced – creating, for many, remarkable discontinuities. Yet the nature of these…
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Design Research Methods
The purpose of this seminar is to guide doctoral students in the development and preparation of their research proposals. The course is organized into two…
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E-Commerce in Real Estate and Construction
Course Description:Together, real estate and construction make up the largest industry in the world. They are also exceptionally fragmented, fractious, and information intensive. The Internet…
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People and Buildings
Course Description:The seminar will examine the interaction effect between the context of space and the context of culture. In any organizational culture, there are two…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Nader Tehrani, Daniel Schodek, Niall Kirkwood, Linda Pollak, Michelle Addington, Alex Krieger, Stephen Ervin, Anne McGhee, T. Kelly Wilson, Ann Forsyth, Richard Marshall, Marco Steinberg, Martin Zogran, Joseph MacDonald
Candidates may arrange individual work focusing on subjects or issues that are of interest to them but are not available through regularly offered course work.
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Independent Studio by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
An individual design studio may be arranged to develop a concept or problem not available in regularly offered studios. Students must submit an independent studio…
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MArch
Remment Koolhaas, Toshiko Mori
This entails preparatory work for all students intending subsequently to enroll in GSD 9301. Students research thesis proposals for review and acceptance by faculty.Prerequisites: Graduate…
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Prep of Design Thesis Proposal for MAUD/MLAUD and MUP
The purpose of this seminar is to help students considering an independent thesis for their degree in Urban Planning and Design. The course will focus…
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Independent Study: Immaterial/Ultramaterial: continuation
Toshiko Mori, Nader Tehrani, Ron Witte
Students may enroll for a maximum of eight credit units in this course, and normally for four credits per term.Candidates may enroll in this course…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree MArch
George Baird, Spiro Pollalis, Toshiko Mori
Following preparation in GSD 9203, each student conducts a design exploration that tests and expands the thesis.Prerequisites: GSD 9203.
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree MAUD, MLAUD, or MUP
Following preparation in GSD 9204, each student pursues a topic of relevance to urban design, which may include design exploration, academic inquiry, or a combination…
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Landscape Architecture
Each student pursues a topic of relevance to landscape architecture, which must include academic inquiry and design exploration.Prerequisites: Preparatory work (thesis proposal) completed in or…
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Independent Thesis for the Degree Master in Design Studies
A student who selects this independent thesis for the degree MDesS pursues independent research of relevance to the selected course of study within the MDesS…
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Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
The student conducts a program of individual study under faculty guidance, including auditing of lectures, reading, and exercises as needed to develop skills in methods…
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Preparation of Doctoral Thesis Proposal
Under faculty guidance, the student conducts a reading program and formulates a thesis proposal. The course is intended for doctoral students.
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Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, Daniel Schodek, Michelle Addington, Jorge Silvetti, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Robert France, Jeffrey Huang
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Richard Peiser, A. Hashim Sarkis, Michelle Addington, Alex Krieger, Stephen Ervin, Peter Rowe, Spiro Pollalis, Jeffrey Huang
Under guidance of a faculty committee, the student conducts investigations and prepares a doctoral thesis.
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